M2.8 earthquake 7 km WSW of Skiáthos, Greece

Magnitude

2.8 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Wed, Aug 17, 2005, 2:51 AM GMT+3

UTC

2005-08-16 23:51:01 UTC

Depth

12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

39.140° N, 23.410° E

Region

Greece

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

From the USGS event page for usp000dxgf. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Station coverage gap

161°

Stations used

8

• Volos, GreecePopulation 86,048. Forecast47 kmESE
• Lárisa, GreecePopulation 146,926. Forecast101 kmESE
• İzmir, TurkeyPopulation 2,938,292. Forecast333 kmWNW

After

1. 2.6GreeceThu, Aug 18, 6:35 PM GMT+3 · 7716 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
2. 2.69 km NE of Psachná, GreeceFri, Aug 19, 9:58 AM GMT+3 · 7715 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
3. 2.89 km E of Istiaía, GreeceFri, Aug 19, 1:56 PM GMT+3 · 7715 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
4. 3.017 km SSW of Skiáthos, GreeceSun, Aug 21, 12:56 AM GMT+3 · 7714 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
5. 2.85 km NNW of Orchomenós, GreeceSun, Aug 21, 2:12 AM GMT+3 · 7714 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
6. 3.112 km ENE of Istiaía, GreeceSun, Aug 21, 2:18 AM GMT+3 · 7714 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
7. 3.110 km WSW of Skiáthos, GreeceSun, Aug 21, 9:32 PM GMT+3 · 7713 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
8. 2.57 km E of Thívai, GreeceMon, Aug 22, 12:12 AM GMT+3 · 7713 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
9. 3.110 km ENE of Istiaía, GreeceWed, Aug 24, 9:49 PM GMT+3 · 7710 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
10. 2.73 km E of Límni, GreeceWed, Aug 24, 10:02 PM GMT+3 · 7710 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
11. 3.046 km SSE of Sykiá, GreeceFri, Aug 26, 3:34 AM GMT+3 · 7708 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
12. 2.913 km ENE of Istiaía, GreeceFri, Aug 26, 6:42 AM GMT+3 · 7708 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
13. 2.719 km E of Istiaía, GreeceFri, Aug 26, 5:55 PM GMT+3 · 7708 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
14. 2.67 km NE of Istiaía, GreeceSat, Aug 27, 10:26 PM GMT+3 · 7707 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
15. 3.05 km NE of Istiaía, GreeceSun, Aug 28, 6:39 AM GMT+3 · 7706 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
16. 2.912 km SSE of Argalastí, GreeceSun, Aug 28, 6:44 AM GMT+3 · 7706 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
17. 3.532 km ESE of Patitírion, GreeceMon, Aug 29, 7:48 AM GMT+3 · 7705 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
18. 3.17 km NE of Zagorá, GreeceTue, Aug 30, 2:49 PM GMT+3 · 7704 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
19. 2.78 km NNE of Áyios Konstandínos, GreeceWed, Aug 31, 7:53 PM GMT+3 · 7703 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
20. 3.015 km NNW of Patitírion, GreeceFri, Sep 2, 4:49 AM GMT+3 · 7701 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
21. 2.718 km N of Yimnón, GreeceFri, Sep 2, 11:27 PM GMT+3 · 7701 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
22. 3.19 km ENE of Istiaía, GreeceSat, Sep 3, 7:11 PM GMT+3 · 7700 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
23. 2.719 km NW of Kými, GreeceThu, Sep 8, 5:18 AM GMT+3 · 7695 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
24. 3.036 km NE of Patitírion, GreeceThu, Sep 8, 6:20 AM GMT+3 · 7695 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
25. 2.911 km ENE of Istiaía, GreeceFri, Sep 9, 7:26 PM GMT+3 · 7694 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
26. 2.82 km SE of Pefkochóri, GreeceFri, Sep 9, 8:36 PM GMT+3 · 7694 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
27. 2.917 km NNE of Mantoúdi, GreeceSat, Sep 10, 3:57 AM GMT+3 · 7693 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
28. 2.66 km WSW of Velestíno, GreeceSat, Sep 10, 2:31 PM GMT+3 · 7693 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
29. 2.64 km WSW of Thespiés, GreeceSat, Sep 10, 5:24 PM GMT+3 · 7693 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
30. 2.93 km SSE of Anthíli, GreeceSun, Sep 11, 5:54 AM GMT+3 · 7692 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
31. 2.77 km NE of Límni, GreeceSun, Sep 11, 10:31 PM GMT+3 · 7692 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
32. 2.84 km ENE of Anthíli, GreeceMon, Sep 12, 3:20 AM GMT+3 · 7691 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
33. 3.26 km WSW of Kými, GreeceMon, Sep 12, 2:06 PM GMT+3 · 7691 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
34. 2.52 km NNW of Alivéri, GreeceWed, Sep 14, 8:38 PM GMT+3 · 7689 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
35. 3.546 km NNE of Patitírion, GreeceFri, Sep 16, 4:52 AM GMT+3 · 7687 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
36. 3.13 km NNE of Argalastí, GreeceSun, Sep 18, 8:39 PM GMT+3 · 7685 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
37. 3.239 km SSE of Pefkochóri, GreeceTue, Sep 20, 2:19 PM GMT+3 · 7683 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
38. 2.713 km E of Tríkeri, GreeceThu, Sep 22, 9:54 AM GMT+3 · 7681 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
39. 2.77 km SE of Akraifnía, GreeceMon, Sep 26, 9:53 PM GMT+3 · 7677 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
40. 2.910 km SSW of Sykiá, GreeceMon, Sep 26, 10:39 PM GMT+3 · 7677 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
41. 3.117 km E of Istiaía, GreeceSun, Oct 2, 8:09 AM GMT+3 · 7671 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
42. 2.92 km SW of Chalkída, GreeceFri, Oct 14, 10:16 AM GMT+3 · 7659 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
43. 2.86 km SE of Martínon, GreeceFri, Oct 14, 8:59 PM GMT+3 · 7659 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
44. 2.54 km NW of Vathí, GreeceFri, Oct 14, 10:22 PM GMT+3 · 7659 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
45. 3.510 km SSW of Prokópi, GreeceSat, Oct 15, 9:44 PM GMT+3 · 7658 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
46. 2.611 km E of Malesína, GreeceSat, Oct 15, 10:38 PM GMT+3 · 7658 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away

Before

1. 3.76 km WSW of Skiáthos, GreeceWed, Aug 17, 2:48 AM GMT+3 · 7717 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
2. 2.64 km WSW of Oropós, GreeceTue, Aug 16, 9:44 PM GMT+3 · 7718 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
3. 2.811 km W of Aidipsós, GreeceMon, Aug 15, 3:17 PM GMT+3 · 7719 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
4. 3.326 km SSW of Pefkochóri, GreeceSun, Aug 14, 2:34 AM GMT+3 · 7721 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
5. 3.017 km ENE of Istiaía, GreeceSat, Aug 13, 10:44 AM GMT+3 · 7721 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
6. 3.119 km ENE of Psachná, GreeceFri, Aug 12, 5:36 AM GMT+3 · 7722 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
7. 3.75 km NE of Malesína, GreeceThu, Aug 11, 7:03 PM GMT+3 · 7723 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
8. 2.67 km N of Istiaía, GreeceWed, Aug 10, 5:20 PM GMT+3 · 7724 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
9. 3.16 km NE of Lianokládhion, GreeceTue, Aug 9, 12:51 AM GMT+3 · 7726 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
10. 3.416 km SSW of Anthíli, GreeceMon, Aug 8, 10:35 PM GMT+3 · 7726 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
11. 3.020 km SSW of Skiáthos, GreeceMon, Aug 8, 10:03 PM GMT+3 · 7726 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
12. 3.217 km S of Skiáthos, GreeceMon, Aug 8, 7:43 PM GMT+3 · 7726 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
13. 3.518 km SSW of Skiáthos, GreeceMon, Aug 8, 11:59 AM GMT+3 · 7726 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
14. 3.37 km WNW of Mantoúdi, GreeceSat, Aug 6, 11:17 AM GMT+3 · 7728 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
15. 2.55 km NNW of Mantoúdi, GreeceSat, Aug 6, 6:29 AM GMT+3 · 7728 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
16. 3.010 km ENE of Istiaía, GreeceSat, Aug 6, 2:52 AM GMT+3 · 7728 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
17. 2.99 km NNE of Istiaía, GreeceSat, Aug 6, 2:35 AM GMT+3 · 7729 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
18. 3.018 km ENE of Istiaía, GreeceFri, Aug 5, 11:18 AM GMT+3 · 7729 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
19. 3.07 km N of Istiaía, GreeceFri, Aug 5, 7:22 AM GMT+3 · 7729 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
20. 3.16 km NNE of Istiaía, GreeceFri, Aug 5, 12:11 AM GMT+3 · 7730 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dxgf. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC.